Johanna Gastdorf Movies

A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe...

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated...

In a criminal trial at the Berlin district court, in which the accusation of rape is being heard, it is one statement against the other - a seemingly...

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due...

Oliver is a banker and portfolio manager and leads a life in the fast lane, which one day comes to an abrupt end, as he builds a self-inflicted...

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of...

Three friends from school, Thomas, Nils and Andreas, are still searching for love in their adult lives.

The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands...

Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town...

Udo is invisible - no one ever seems to notice him. He makes the most of it, working as a department store detective and living off other people's...

A nameless man receives phone calls intended for someone else and ends up pretending to be that person, while a female character rebels against her...

Witnesses about to testify at the Nuremberg War Trials needed a safe place to wait. All under one roof, each with their own secrets. And the countess...

Astrid is a comedian who makes people laugh for a living; her husband Markus is her manager and the two of them work well together. They have a...

Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten.

A poignant fairy tale where siblings Rose and Heinrich navigate a world that has lost its sense of togetherness and humanity.

Max Bretschneider pretends to be a communist in order to conduct the last interview with Erich Honecker.

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.